Educational Options Program (EOP) Exit Survey

About the Program

The Educational Options Program (EOP), formerly known as Twilight School, offers a second chance to adult students who have dropped out and/or were unsuccessful in a traditional full-day high school setting. EOP is the only free, accredited high school diploma-granting option for adults in Philadelphia who have “aged out” of the system.

About the Survey

ORE has administered a customized senior exit survey for students in alternative schools, including the Educational Options Program, since 2016. In 2018-19, ORE received responses from 206 students at three EOP sites. Respondents ranged in age from 17-72, with a median age of 22. Responses indicated that:

About 72% of respondents intended to pursue postsecondary education after high school, and about 19% planned to work.

Almost two-thirds of respondents who intended to pursue postsecondary education within a year planned to attend a Pennsylvania community college.

The majority of students who planned to work after high school intended to work in personal services.

Almost half of EOP 12th graders strongly agreed that adults at their school gave them a lot of help in applying for college, and more than a third strongly agreed that adults at their school gave them a lot of help considering alternatives to college.

Students reported that they would have liked to receive additional practical support in career and financial planning.